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Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Sophie Charlotte Albertine; 27 July 1713 – 2 March 1747), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach.
Margravine Sophie Christine Louise of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (in German: Sophie Christine Luise, Markgräfin von Brandenburg-Bayreuth; 4 January 1710 – 13 June 1739) was a member of the Brandenburg-Bayreuth line of the House of Hohenzollern and a Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by birth.
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Born in Berlin, Wilhelmine shared the unhappy childhood of her brother, Frederick the Great, whose friend and confidante she remained all her life, with the exception of one short interval.She was fiercely beaten and abused by her governess during her childhood. Wilhelmine later wrote: "Not a day passed that she [the governess] did not prove upon m...
When Wilhelmine's spouse came into his inheritance in 1735, the pair set about making Bayreuth a miniature Versailles. Their building projects included the rebuilding of their summer residence (now part of the Hermitage Museum); the rebuilding of the great Bayreuth opera house; the building of a second, new opera house; the building of a theater; a...
The margravine's memoirs, Memoires de ma vie, written or revised in French between 1748 and her death, are preserved in the Royal Library of Berlin. They were first printed in two forms in 1810: a German translation down to the year 1733 from the firm of Cotta of Tübingen; and a version in French published by Vieweg of Brunswick, and coming down to...
Wilhelmine's only child was Elisabeth Fredericka Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, born on August 30, 1732. Described by Casanova as the most beautiful princess in Germany, she was married to Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, in 1748. She died on 6 April 1780 without surviving children.
An earlier English translation from the French of her memoirs was published in a two volume edition in 1828 by Hunt and Clarke, York St., Covent Garden. Scribner and Welford published Princess Helena of the United Kingdom's German-to-English translation of Wilhelmine's memoirs in 1887.
Princess Wilhelmine is the main character of the 1909 historical novel A Gentle Knight of Old Brandenburg by Charles Major.
G.P. Gooch, Frederick the Great. The Ruler, the Writer, the Man(Alfred A. Knopf, 1947). pp 217–247.Thea Leitner: Skandal bei Hof. Frauenschicksale an europäischen Königshöfen, Piper, München 2003, ISBN 3-492-22009-6Uwe A. Oster: Wilhelmine von Bayreuth. Das Leben der Schwester Friedrichs des Großen, Piper, München, 2005, ISBN 3-492-04524-3Free scores by Wilhelmine of Bayreuth at the International Music Score Library Project(IMSLP)Argenore (opera)from the Hamburg Opera HouseWorks by Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia at Project GutenbergWorks by or about Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia at Internet ArchivePeople also ask
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Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (Sophie Charlotte Albertine; 27 July 1713 – 2 March 1747), was a German noblewoman member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach.
Aug 24, 2023 · Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth 27 July 1713 – 2 March 1746 or 2 March 1747, a German noblewoman member of the House of Hohenzollern and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach
Apr 25, 2021 · Media in category "Sophia Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth". The following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Sophie Charlotte Albertine Herzogin von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach geb. Prinzessin von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1713-1747).jpg 1,295 × 1,555; 231 KB.
Sophie Charlotte, Queen of Prussia. The only daughter of Elector Ernst August (1629-1698) of Hanover and Sophie (1630-1714); 1684 she married Friedrich (1657-1713), who, as Friedrich III, became elector of Brandenburg in 1688 and, as Friedrich I, became the first king of Prussia in 1701.
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